14/VI. 98.

I received, dear mama, a little letter from Manyasha of the 30th. V. Merci to her for it. Why
does she not mention

* V. I. Lenin's marriage to N. K. Krupskaya took place on 10 July 1898. —Ed.

a single word about the "Questions of Philosophy" that I sent on the 14th. V? Has this book
been received? (I sent it at Anyuta's request; Manyasha writes that my letters of the 10th and
the 17th. V have been received).

We are living as before. Nadya is writing herself today, it seems.

Now the weather has become completely summery. The heat is quite oppressive; E. V. finds
it especially difficult to bear. Nadya and I have begun bathing and have settled into a summer
routine.

There is little news, and what there is is bad. In Tesі, comrade Efimov (a worker from
Yekaterinoslav) has gone mad — persecution mania — and Gleb took him to the hospital. With
Yuliy in Turukhansk, an extremely sad "affair" has occurred: one of the exiles (a troublemaker)
raised absurdly wild accusations against him, a break followed, they had to part ways, Yuliy
now lives alone, has fallen ill, his nerves are shattered, he cannot work. God preserve us from
"exile colonies" and exiles' "affairs"! Yuliy is asking father to take steps to have him transferred
somewhere else, anywhere.

I am in perfect health. (Nadya and E. V. as well.) I am finishing a translation, and then I shall
take up my work of '96 again. I was written to about the collection of articles that it should be
printed soon.

Greetings to all of ours. Is Mitya working? He should take up something regular — you see,
simply "reading" in general — there is little use in it.

I embrace you warmly. Your V. U.

If there is an opportunity to send things here, let Manyasha send me from my books:

1) Borovikovsky. "Civil Laws" (vol. X, pt. 1).

2) "Rules of Civil Procedure" (pocket format).

to Podolsk

in the journal

N. K. KRUPSKAYA

1895

Sent from the village of Shushenskoye

First published in 1929

"Proletarskaya Revolyutsiya" No. 4

Printed from the manuscript